The 5th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment "Pescara" (Italian: 5° Reggimento Artiglieria Controaerei "Pescara") is an inactive air defence regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in San Donà di Piave in Veneto.

During the Cold War the regiment was equipped with MIM-23 Hawk air defence missile systems and formed, together with the 4th Anti-aircraft Missile Artillery Regiment, the air defence belt of the Italian Army in the country's Northeast.

On 1 January 1927 the center consisted of a command, a mixed group with two trucked batteries with 75/27 C.K.

On 1 June of the same year the center changed its name to 5th Trucked Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment.

In 1940 the VI Group was sent to North Africa, where it participated in the Western Desert campaign.

The IV and XIX groups were sent to occupied Albania, where they participated in the Greco-Italian War.

In July 1941 the IV and XIX groups were assigned to the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia, which was Italy's contribution to the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

[1][2] On 1 January 1950 the regiment took administrative and disciplinary control of the CII Group with 90/53 anti-aircraft guns of the V Territorial Military Command.

At the end of the year the regiment consisted of the following units:[1][2] On 15 May 1960 the V Light Anti-aircraft Group was disbanded.

The same day the 3rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment was reformed in Rovigo by reorganizing the 2nd Missile Group.

[1] On 1 October 1997 the regiment was awarded the honorary title "Pescara" to commemorate the city of its founding.